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2024
20
February
2024
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15:43
Europe/London
Henrik Ernstson, Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Geography and co-authors, Ricardo Cardoso (National University of Singapore) and Jia-Ching Chen (University of California) have won the 2023 Best Article prize awarded by the …
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2023
17
November
2023
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09:22
Europe/London
Dr Saskia Warren, Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, presented the findings of her report ‘Our Parliamentary Art Collection: New Directions for Audiences, Interpretation, and Social Justice’ to The Lords Panel and Commons Committee at UK Parliament …
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09
November
2023
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13:33
Europe/London
An international team of over 40 researchers is calling for COP28 discussions to address the destruction of non-forest regions, as featured in Nature ecology and evolution. The current global attention on forest loss does not recognise …
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12
October
2023
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15:42
Europe/London
The University of Manchester has launched a new exhibition exploring the social and environmental legacies of North West England’s cotton industry, science and economy. Taking place at Burnley’s Queen Street Mill Textile Museum throughout …
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06
September
2023
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11:34
Europe/London
A new exhibition at Manchester Central Library is set to showcase visually striking adverts created by commercial artists in the twentieth century to promote Manchester Ship Canal and the Port of Manchester around the world.
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03
August
2023
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09:00
Europe/London
An Optometry team from The University of Manchester has been awarded the University’s first-ever Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence by Advance HE, alongside two academics who have received National Teaching Fellowships in recognition of …
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13
June
2023
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09:00
Europe/London
An international team of researchers who discovered a vast network of stone walls along the River Nile in Egypt and Sudan say these massive ‘river groynes’ reveal an exceptionally long-lived form of hydraulic engineering in the Nile Valley, and shed …
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23
February
2023
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14:45
Europe/London
UK environment secretary Thérèse Coffey has demanded that water companies share plans for how they will reduce sewage discharges into rivers. They could start by coming clean on how much sewage is being dumped. If we don’t know how much sewage is …
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17
January
2023
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13:51
Europe/London
The UK government recently launched “It all adds up”, a campaign aimed at providing “simple, low or no-cost actions that households can take to immediately cut energy use and save money”. The campaign speaks to persistent calls to increase the …
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05
January
2023
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12:30
Europe/London
A new study has revealed that glaciers formed in the highest mountains of Antarctica at least 60 million years ago, which is 30 million years earlier than previously thought, and almost as long ago as the geological era of the dinosaurs.
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03
January
2023
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12:08
Europe/London
Austerity in the UK is here to stay. The Bank of England has warned that the country is facing the longest recession since records began, predicting that the economic slump will extend well into 2024.
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2022
07
November
2022
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15:04
Europe/London
A Geography expert from The University of Manchester has demonstrated the speed and scale of climate change in a new book, by outlining the immense changes to Norway’s largest glacier he has observed during his career.
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01
October
2022
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09:00
Europe/London
To mark the UN’s International Day of Older Persons on October 1st, a new project has been launched which aims to help researchers and policymakers to make Greater Manchester a more ‘age-friendly’ region by providing a better understanding of the …
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26
September
2022
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16:00
Europe/London
A team of archaeologists and geographers from The University of Manchester have discovered that hundreds of ancient animal and human footprints found on a beach in Merseyside record a major decline in large animal diversity in Ancient Britain.
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02
September
2022
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12:58
Europe/London
As from today, Kinder Scout, the National Nature Reserve (NNR) in Derbyshire cared for by the National Trust, will be extended in size by 25 per cent (226 hectares) thanks to a declaration by Natural England.
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11
August
2022
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09:00
Europe/London
Record temperatures and dry weather in the UK this summer are causing exceptionally high levels of danger from extreme wildfires, according to experts.
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14
July
2022
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12:27
Europe/London
Health-threatening heatwaves will become more intense due to climate change, putting millions more people at risk from dangerous summer temperatures, new research has revealed.
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30
June
2022
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08:30
Europe/London
A new animation has highlighted how The University of Manchester’s research on microplastic pollution in rivers has helped to drive investigations into the behaviour of water companies, and the roles of regulators in tacking illegal …
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12
May
2022
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13:24
Europe/London
New Research could revolutionise peatland restoration thanks to a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) funded by UKRI through Innovate UK and additional funding secured from Vp plc say Yorkshire Peat Partnership and University of Manchester.Funding …
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2021
13
May
2021
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16:00
Europe/London
New research by experts from The University of Manchester has found that the poor management of untreated wastewater and raw sewage by water companies is the main source of microplastic pollution in the UK’s rivers.
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2020
18
August
2020
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15:15
Europe/London
Funded by the UK Climate Resilience Programme “Living with Climate Uncertainty” the project is one of three funded UK projects exploring how societies have understood and adapted to climate change in the past and how we can learn from …
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24
March
2020
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10:27
Europe/London
A collaborative research project between the Universities of Manchester, Utrecht, and Durham, and the National Oceanography Centre has revealed for the first time how submarine sediment avalanches can transport microplastics from land into the deep …
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2019
02
May
2019
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13:02
Europe/London
Researchers from The University of Manchester and the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) are racing to understand how microplastics are transported to the deep-sea floor in an effort to combat the growing ecological problem.
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15
April
2019
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16:00
Europe/London
New research charts the history of the Greenland Ice Sheet and its impact on global sea levels throughout history to present day.
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02
April
2019
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10:44
Europe/London
A new project has repaired, photographed and shared online forgotten maps of Manchester’s slums, which had been overlooked for the last 130 years.
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02
April
2019
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10:08
Europe/London
A Manchester academic is to receive an award for his significant contributions to scientific literature.
Professor Noel Castree, Director of Research for the School of Environment, Education and Development and a Professor of Geography, has been …
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2018
09
October
2018
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09:33
Europe/London
Professor Erik Swyngedouw will receive an honorary doctorate at Malmö University on 19 October.
Erik, Professor of Human Geography in the Department of Geography, has visited Malmö University on several occasions over the past ten …
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03
October
2018
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11:07
Europe/London
Researchers from The University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University have launched a fascinating new book which uses maps and plans to outline the history of one the world's most iconic cities.
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26
September
2018
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09:00
Europe/London
A group of researchers have discovered the retreat of an ancient ice sheet from the western coast of Canada occurred earlier than previously thought.
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25
September
2018
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15:16
Europe/London
Egypt is the latest country to build a new capital city from scratch, with ambitions to move parliament away from Cairo as early as summer 2019. With nearly 24m people living in Greater Metropolitan Cairo, the current Egyptian capital suffers from …
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